Who were the defendants and what were the specific counts listed in the indictment?
Executive summary
The available reporting shows multiple recent indictments with different defendants and counts: a 14-defendant federal indictment charging drug conspiracy, racketeering, and firearms offenses in the Western District of Louisiana (with sentencing enhancements for six named defendants) [1]; and widely reported multi-defendant state indictments against Donald Trump and co-defendants in Georgia that originally alleged 41 counts against 19 defendants before judges struck or dismissed multiple counts [2]. This summary reflects what the provided sources report; they do not present a single unified indictment listing all defendants and counts in one place [1] [2].
1. What the DEA press release actually lists: a 14-defendant federal drug–RICO indictment
A Department of Justice/DEA press release referenced in the materials describes a federal grand jury indictment charging 14 named individuals in the Western District of Louisiana with drug conspiracy, racketeering, and firearms charges; the indictment alleges a conspiracy to distribute and possess large quantities of methamphetamine between Jan. 1, 2022, and Nov. 27, 2024, and includes sentencing enhancements for Boston, Green, Askins, McMurray, Hunter, and Potts under the drug-trafficking recidivist statute — exposing those individuals to statutory penalties of at least 10 years up to life and fines up to $10 million if convicted [1].
2. The Georgia racketeering indictment: 41 counts, 19 defendants in public timelines
Separate reporting and timelines compiled about the Georgia election-interference case show an indictment that, as filed, contained 41 criminal counts against 19 defendants — among them Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, David Shafer, and State Senator Shawn Still — alleging a broad racketeering scheme tied to the 2020 election results in Georgia [2]. Court orders and appellate actions later reduced or removed multiple counts; for example Judge Scott McAfee struck several counts in March and September 2024 and some or all remaining counts were dismissed at later procedural stages according to the timeline [2].
3. Differences in scope and form between the two indictments
The DEA/DOJ indictment (federal) and the Georgia indictment (state) are entirely different instruments with different defendants, different statutes, and different consequences. The federal indictment charges narcotics-related RICO and firearms offenses against 14 named individuals and includes statutory sentencing enhancements for prior convictions [1]. The Georgia prosecution charged alleged racketeering and election-related offenses against 19 defendants totaling 41 counts at filing; subsequent judicial rulings pared down counts and, by late 2025 reporting, some charges were dismissed or removed from the case [2].
4. What the sources explicitly provide — and what they do not
The DEA press release explicitly lists the 14 defendants, the time frame of the alleged conspiracy, the narcotics thresholds, and the six named defendants subject to sentencing enhancements [1]. Ballotpedia’s timeline and related tracking pieces summarize the Georgia indictment’s initial scope (19 defendants, 41 counts) and note the court rulings that struck or dismissed certain counts and that prosecutors changed over time [2]. The provided sources do not give a single unified document reproducing every count-by-count allegation across both matters; they do not contain the full text of either indictment in these snippets, nor do they provide a consolidated list combining these separate cases [1] [2].
5. Competing perspectives and procedural realities to weigh
The DEA/DOJ press release frames the federal case as a straightforward criminal narcotics/RICO enforcement action supported by multi-agency investigation and statutory sentencing enhancements [1]. In contrast, the Georgia case has been the subject of extensive procedural dispute: defenders have challenged sufficiency and specificity of counts and the prosecutor’s role, and judges have struck or dismissed multiple counts — developments captured in the timeline reporting [2]. Those judicial actions underline that an indictment is an accusation, not a conviction; both sources and their legal context remind readers that defendants are presumed innocent pending proof beyond a reasonable doubt [1] [2].
6. Limitations and next steps for readers seeking the full count list
Available sources here summarize charges and defendants but do not reproduce the full indictments or every individual count text. To obtain the precise statutory citations and verbatim counts for each defendant, the public record—the charging instruments filed in the relevant court dockets or complete press releases posted by the respective U.S. Attorney’s Office, DEA, or Fulton County Superior Court—must be consulted; those documents are not included in the provided snippets [1] [2].